It is understood that Southampton and West Ham are leading the chase to sign the Anfield fringe player, but Newcastle, Watford and now Celtic are also keen on striking up a deal this month.

The Daily Express has also reported that Sturridge is earning a whopping £120,000 a week at Liverpool, but he is currently struggling for first-team football in the Premier League at the moment and could be in for a move away from Merseyside this month.

Now, Celtic fans have taken to Twitter to react to the news, but many can’t believe that they would be in for someone earning such high wages south of the border.

One excited fan did admit though that Sturridge was “absolutely lethal” under Rodgers when the Celtic boss was at Liverpool.

Not sure about these Sturridge rumours tbh. Celtic ‘interested’ is probably as far as it’ll go, as he’s on £150k a week at Liverpool. Really injury prone so can’t see a loan being a thing. Was absolutely lethal when Rodgers was at Liverpool nonetheless